Ilona Martonfi is a Montreal poet born in Budapest, writer, editor, creative writing teacher, and founder of a writing group, Rue Towers Writers. She is the author of three collections of poetry, Blue Poppy (2009), Black Gras (2012) and The Snow Kimono (2015). She has published four chapbooks, Visiting the Ridge, Charivari, Magda and Adagio and her poetry has been featured in numerous North American magazines and literary journals. She is the founder and